{"id":915,"date":"2017-07-09T10:14:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T10:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/?p=915"},"modified":"2018-06-27T14:29:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T14:29:10","slug":"nicki-holmes-named-to-coaching-staff-of-college-national-team-for-global-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/nicki-holmes-named-to-coaching-staff-of-college-national-team-for-global-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Holmes Named to Coaching Staff of College National Team for Global Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-923\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-923\" src=\"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/IMG_6904.jpg\" alt=\"College National Volleyball Team \" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/IMG_6904.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/IMG_6904-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/IMG_6904-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/IMG_6904-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit \/\/ Melanie Gorter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In preparation for this year&#8217;s 13th annual European Global\u00a0Challenge, we sat down with Nicki Holmes, NC State Women&#8217;s Volleyball Assistant Coach at the Dras Center in Maribor, Slovenia. The team was just wrapping up a friendly match against \u00a0Nova KBM u23 which they won 3 sets to 1.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Holmes was named to the coaching staff of USA Volleyball&#8217;s College National Team which is preparing to compete in the U23 division of the Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia on July 11th \u2013 14th, 2017. \u00a0In the interview below, Coach Holmes reflects on NC State&#8217;s recent 12 day trip to Italy, \u00a0&#8220;It was a great cultural experience for the girls and it was great team bonding. It will help us a lot in the fall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the complete interview below. 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